All About Augusta

About Augusta Augusta, the 2nd largest city in Georgia, is located on the south bank of the Savannah River, only a couple of hours from the Great Smokey Mountains or the coastal beaches of South Carolina and Georgia. It is a growing and thriving city with a metropolitan area population of 500,000. Augusta, nicknamed the Garden City of the South, is the hub of the CSRA (Central Savannah River Area) which includes the surrounding counties of South Carolina and Georgia and is well know for its balmy climate with an average temperature of 64 degress and its golf, headlined by the Augusta National Golf Club, home of the annual Masters Golf Tournament.

**Augusta was rated 19th out of 150 metropolitan areas by Forbes Magazine as the best in the cost of doing business, which includes price of labor, energy, taxes, and office space.

**In Expansion Magazine, Augusta MSA was ranked 36 out of 362 hottest cities for manufacturing expansions and relocations.

**Augusta’s new Southern Business and Development Corporate Park has been voted one of the top ten New Super Sites in the South.

**Evans, Georgia was voted number 32 of the top 100 places to live in the U.S. by CNN’s Money Magazine based on education, environment, housing affordability, taxes, commute times and job market.

**Aiken, South Carolina was voted the #1 Small Market in the South for business potential and quality of life.* (Source: Southern Business and Development Magazine)

**University of South Carolina at Aiken ranked the #1 Public Baccalaureate College in the South by U.S. News & World Report. USC Aiken has been named number one in this category four times before.

**Aiken is annually named to the top 100 cities for retirement and the top 100 communities for young people in America.

**Aiken was also recently named one of a dozen "distinctive designations" in America by the National Trust For Historic Preservation and one of the South's Dream Towns by Garden and Gun Magazine.

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Garden and Gun Magazine Feature on Augusta and Aiken

Augusta: No Clubs Required
Augusta: The River and the Reds
Augusta: The "I Feel Good" Driving Tour
Augusta: Great Augustans
Southern Dream Towns: Aiken, SC-Best Equestrian Town


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